Child

Space hoppers were popular when I was a kid
Bouncing for hours was something I never did
...

Don’t rush me
Or hold me back.
Don’t scorn me,
I might attack.
Be patient,...

Walking into my parents'
Newly bought home:
My father holding a carpet and thinking
"...

My nephew is making me play a different version of hide and seek.
This version involves a gun, if he...

were moving forward now
With both feet planted on the ground
We speak in different voices...

My Momma is a spider
because she spun her own web
with money she didn't need
and love...

Your children will carry your sins.
I was told.
My sin was her curse & my consequence....

If you think this poem is about our lack of love, you are absolutely wrong;
We will be together for...

Monday's child rises up in the morning
Away to school for another day.
Tuesday's child makes...

She has the all the experience she will ever need as a two-year old and with one day of School behind her...

Where ever you shall go my dear,
I will be right there,
Near or far.
I will be your...

She trembled in anticipation
Dressed in white the perfect bride
She was surrounded by people...

There is no chase in the learned argument
It is an elderly phase
Where children say, thank...

She walks through the door, but it’s as nothing…..
Except to me..
Head low, eyes down, coat...

February 28th, 1968 marked the date
Boyce Brandon Harris
(my octogenarian widower father)...

To Charley charles
son of Carolyn,
from a stranger
that doesn't know you”
but...

From this plant
I ask you to grant,
A moon beam
So I can dream,
I want to...